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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: Question: Hashgraph
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Xynerise
on 17/02/2018, 07:36:20 UTC
Does anyone have a good understanding of the benefits / drawbacks of DAG based systems v all the hype going on around HashGraph? For example, Nano (formerly RaiBlocks) is DAG and says its infinitely scaleable. Other than the fact that the hashgraph is controlled by an private entity (which in itself makes it a non starter for me). Specifically from a scaleability, speed, or security, and privacy perspective.
This is a good article on the matter comparing scaling Blockchains and scaling DAGs.
https://medium.com/@lyaffe/scaling-a-blockchain-vs-scaling-a-tangle-8b7182eda980
DAGs have their own drawbacks with respect to DDOS and transaction propagation latency during high load periods.